SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES said Nov. 10 that it has signed a supply contract with SpaceX to deliver a turnkey production line for heterojunction, or HJT, solar cells, the German equipment maker announced. pv magazine reported the same agreement. Singulus said the first line under a broader supply agreement has an order volume of more than €60 million, with delivery planned in the first half of 2027.
Why it matters: Singulus said the contract is part of a strategic partnership under which it plans to deliver multiple additional lines, and that production will scale to support more than 100 GW of production equipment as SpaceX accelerates satellite manufacturing in Bastrop, Texas. pv magazine noted that the company did not say whether that figure is annual or cumulative capacity, or how many lines it would involve.
pv magazine quoted Mike Nicolls, SpaceX’s senior vice president of Starlink, as saying the partnership gives SpaceX a high-performance manufacturing path for solar cells for its Starmind satellites at the Texas facility. That quote and the Starmind reference come from pv magazine’s account, not from the Singulus release. The magazine also quoted Singulus executive-board member Lars Lieberwirth as saying the company’s platform combines wet chemistry, vacuum coating and thermal processing.
Both accounts said the companies entered the partnership in March 2026 and that SpaceX provided significant funding that month and again in October as part of a subordinated secured loan, without disclosing the amounts.